Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
More historic than 70% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Sandy Township is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns, #417 of 993 in Ohio. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its share of homes from before 1940 ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Sandy Township’s 3.4 sits near the middle of its state (58% of Ohio towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sandy Township’s history is told.
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Sandy Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Sandy Township.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Sandy Township yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Sandy Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,946 people in the township.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,979 in 2010, 2,946 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
Passages that mention Sandy Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
were Moravians, settled in Warwick Township. About the same time Salem Township was occupied by the Petty coarts, Williams, Corys and Sells. The settlement of the upper valley of the Tuscarawas was not delayed. Godfrey Huff was probably dwelling in the lower part of Sandy Township in May, 1801. Near by in Fairfield Township, the Jennings, Reeves and Williams soon after settled. Samuel Mosser, or Musher, as he was also known, took possession of Lawrence Township soil in 1803. The Harbaughs, who were squatters at first, settled almost as early above Dover. John Knisely commenced the set
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of Lawrenceville and elect the proper township officers. The original name, Lawrence, was restored, and it was reduced in size August 7, 1820, by the attachment of its southeast portion to Dover Township. Small portions were since annexed from Stark County, and from Sandy Township. The following have been the local magistrates of Lawrence Many of the earlier ones resided on land which now belongs to other townshps, but was then included in Lawrence: Digitized by
Text read by machine from the scan; it may contain errors.Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
BuiltSeven Ranges Terminus is built
On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
2025Sandy Valley HS 8-13-24 thumbnail IMG 3556
2016Sandyville United Methodist Church
2016Sandyville Ohio Shepherd of the Valley Evangelical Lu…
2016Sandy Valley Estates watertower
2015Map of Tuscarawas County Ohio Highlighting Sandy Town…Map
2011Sandy Township, Tuscarawas County Garage 2011-02-11
2010Sandyville Ohio sign at 5 way
2010Sandy Valley High entry Ohio002
2009Sandy Valley Elementary Ohio001
2007OHMap-doton-SandyvilleThe country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Sandy Township is more historic than 70% of U.S. towns, #417 of 993 in Ohio. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
One place: the Seven Ranges Terminus (listed 1976).
20% of Sandy Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±10.0 points), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 1982.
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (10), the National Register of Historic Places (1), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
